The segment of our fanbase that ignores our teams shortcomings every year drives me insane. A lot needs to be fixed before the Florida game.
Defense, effort, etc….
Defense, effort, etc….
Is it okay to admit we have things to work on now?
- Thread starter Jamal Mercer
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Love where we are and think the ceiling is incredibly high when they get clicking but definitely got some warts to clean up.
I think he really needs to sit down with Amari and reign him in. Quit trying to be Magic Johnson. I feel like his lackadaisical and nonchalant turnovers/attitude really throw off the rythm. He certainly isn't the only/main issue but that is a very frustrating point for me.
I think he really needs to sit down with Amari and reign him in. Quit trying to be Magic Johnson. I feel like his lackadaisical and nonchalant turnovers/attitude really throw off the rythm. He certainly isn't the only/main issue but that is a very frustrating point for me.
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Start with showing some hustle and pride.
Lack of handles.. To many coast. Bad shooting night... And defense is horrid.
That said... To steal a Cal phrase... I still like my team.
That said... To steal a Cal phrase... I still like my team.
Yes. The shortcomings were exploited tonight but they can be fixed.
We seem to struggle against athleticism. Unfortunately for us, the SEC is stacked with elite athletes.
Unless we can bring in some high level talent mid season (not aware of any), the ceiling is lower for this team. It is what it is.
I'm having doubts about fixes that aren't of the half-time variety.
- lazy play by Amari
- Carr refusing to shoot wide open shots, but wants to dribble-dribble-dribble down low
- everyone standing around waiting for a pass instead of the running TO the pass
These have been going on for awhile now, and there doesn't seem to be anyone on staff taking notice.
- lazy play by Amari
- Carr refusing to shoot wide open shots, but wants to dribble-dribble-dribble down low
- everyone standing around waiting for a pass instead of the running TO the pass
These have been going on for awhile now, and there doesn't seem to be anyone on staff taking notice.
We have a ton to work on absolutely
Pope knows it. You can see how frustrated he is
I don’t think the season is over by any means.
Pope knows it. You can see how frustrated he is
I don’t think the season is over by any means.
I'll give you Amari. He's somewhere 500 miles from here lately.
Carr hasn't hit a shot all night. Wide open ones. His jumper looks broken.
Guys look like a team of role players mashed together at the last minute due to a last minute controversial coaching change in the off season
Things have indeed been going on for a while now. Hoping this is one off and not a trend. I'm conflicted.
We only have 2 people, that can create a shot once the system breaks down.. The lack of being able to dribble with confidence, really hampers our shooters. Brea and Robinson just can't break people down... Carr when backing down... Dribbles 2-3 feet away from his body.. Like he almost forgets to take the ball with him. Butler can get to the rim but has trouble finishing.. And Oweh... Is hit and miss. Robinson missing that dunk because he did not jump high enough is a microcosm of his lazy play.
It is absolutely unacceptable to be blown out by 20+ by a bad ohio state team that auburn beat by about a hundred. Honeymoon is over Pope, get the **** to work.
Said it before - we should be ESTATIC if we go 10-8 in conference this year.
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I’m frustrated that apparently we haven’t worked on the obvious problems already, or worse, we have and this is the best result we could manage.
3 point shooting is a problem. Quote last year’s percentage for these guys all you want, but in half our games we’ve shot less than 30% from 3.
We just got beat in every way not taking nothing away from the way O State play, Ky did not look like the same team that beat Duke and the Zags.
Florida is gonna beat the dogshit out of this team. We haven’t played great in a month. Just been doing enough to squeak out wins.
Running our offense would be nice. Passing, cutting, moment. Playing defense too. How about not missing bunnies all game and someone other than Brea hitting a 3.
It’s not, we just need to get back to the things that made us a good team. We aren’t world beaters individually. We are a team that is greater than the sum of its parts. Time to earn that money coaches and players. Maybe this wakes them up. We can’t start every game in a 12 point hole. I don’t know what happened the last 3 minutes but we kept trying to get back in and it’s like we quit. First time all year I can say that. I hope it was just a one off type game.
Missing out on Chaz Lanier or prioritizing Robinson over him is the difference between us being elite and us being what we are.
Exactly…you should never have to coach effort.
Hopefully next season Pope will have some higher level talent on the roster. We need guys that are 1st round nba picks and preferable at least 1 top lotto pick each season.
All of caliparis final fours teams had that, tubby 98 team had it, all of pitinos final fours team had it, and same with halls.
You need the mix of experience and high level talent to win at UK.
All of caliparis final fours teams had that, tubby 98 team had it, all of pitinos final fours team had it, and same with halls.
You need the mix of experience and high level talent to win at UK.
Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, etc. we will struggle to beat LSU or South Carolina on the road. If we play like this we are in the bottom 20% of the SEC. So we better figure it out quick.
Never seen older guys back away from pressure D like we do, Carr & Robinson can’t get rid of the ball fast enough when they do. We don’t have freshmen doing this, we have old guys playing scared out there. What do they think is going to happen at miss st or tenn or ole miss??? The book is out, pressure them in their face and watch us retreat.
Sure .. I don’t know why the racehorse offense has slowed to up a crawl .
And we have a hard nose tough PG and 2 charmin specials in J Rob and Brea .. those guys are beyond finesse . Neither can defend . Those are real problems .
We go small without Williams who isn’t very skilled we can’t rebound . So yeah we got some weak spots — but tonight doesn’t totally cancel the Duke and Gonzaga wins .
Everyone is going to lose some , well most everyone
We do have an offensive set. We were running them up to until the UCONN game I think, and then there were short stints of it in that game and the Gonzaga game. For some strange reason guys have resorted to hero ball, have gone away with moving without the ball. You can't just keep running to the guy with the ball, and having it handed off. The passer needs to be passing to spots that the receiver gets to. There's an offense there, they brought aboard a guy who noted for this stuff.
The pieces can’t be replaced. That’s what sucks about the rest of the season. Could lose 10 or more SEC games easily.
I was disappointed in the man to man defense, and thought they stopped playing team ball on offense a bunch, let the other team get in their heads.
We have things to work on. I don’t think it is an effort issue. I think OSU was well prepared for us. I also think SEC teams will use that as a template against us. The good news is that we have a coach that sees that and will have answers.
This game really reset my expectations for the year. If we make it to the 2nd weekend that will be an achievement.
Pope has not been able to motivate/prepare these guys to come ready to play starting with the Georgia state game. We got lucky against Gonzaga when they laid an egg in the 2nd half.
Our rebounding and defense leave a lot to be desired. It’s eerily similar to last year where if our offense isn’t clicking we are in trouble.
Our SEC schedule will put this team through the fire, and I’m afraid we won’t like what comes out the other side. I hope they can find some heart and fight. If they don’t we could very well be in the bottom half of the league.
Pope has not been able to motivate/prepare these guys to come ready to play starting with the Georgia state game. We got lucky against Gonzaga when they laid an egg in the 2nd half.
Our rebounding and defense leave a lot to be desired. It’s eerily similar to last year where if our offense isn’t clicking we are in trouble.
Our SEC schedule will put this team through the fire, and I’m afraid we won’t like what comes out the other side. I hope they can find some heart and fight. If they don’t we could very well be in the bottom half of the league.
